. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BABIANA (said to come from Dutch for baboon, be- cause those animals eat the bulbs). Jriddcem. About 50 cormous plants of S. Af r. Fls. showy, red or purplish, in a short spike-like cluster or raceme, tubular at the base, the segments with claws or narrow bases, and the limb erect-spreading : ovary 3-loculed :
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BABIANA (said to come from Dutch for baboon, be- cause those animals eat the bulbs). Jriddcem. About 50 cormous plants of S. Af r. Fls. showy, red or purplish, in a short spike-like cluster or raceme, tubular at the base, the segments with claws or narrow bases, and the limb erect-spreading : ovary 3-loculed : Ivs. narrow, hairy, plaited, standing edgewise to the stem. Low plants, of easy culture if treated like freesias or hya- cinths. Three or 4 corms in a 4-in. pot give attractive bloom in March or later. Grown only Indoors or under frames in the N. They are showy and useful plants. Monogr. by Baker in Handbook of the Iridese, 1892. A. Perianth limb regular ornearly so, and wide- spreading, Btricta, Ker. {B. villbsa, and B. purpurea, Eer.). Fig. 177. A foot or less high: Ivs. broad, oblong-lanceo- late or sword-shaped, barely reaching the spikes : fls. scattered, showy, usually red or purple, with a promi- nent tube, the segments oblong-lanceolate. 583, 621,—Babianas are not sold under species-names in this. 177. Babiana stricta (X %). country, but as mixed varieties. These varieties are chiefly, if not wholly, of this species. Many forms and colors. Var. angustiSdlia, Sweet. Lvs. linear. 637. Var. rtlbro-cy4nea, Ker. Limb lilac, throat red. 410. Var. sulphirea, Ker. Yellow or whitish. 1053. Two other long-cultivated types are de- scribed below. AA. Perianth limb distinctly ringent or gaping. plic^ta, Ker. Low: lvs. lanceolate, hairy, usually overtopping the spikes : fls. lilac or red, long-tubed, the segments oblong and unequal. 576. disticha, Ker. Differs from the last in having the perianth-tube distinctly exserted from the spathe. L. H. B. BABY'S BKE
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